Posts Tagged ‘Venezuela’

By James Zumwalt, Special for USDR As another 9/11 anniversary date arrives, anxiety levels for those in law enforcement and the intelligence community increase. Islamic terrorists attach a great deal of symbolism to certain dates and events–9/11 is definitely one of them. One sign an attack may be imminent is increased communications among terrorists. Such

Four years after heading the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano announced she will depart in September. Is the county safer now? By JAMES ZUMWALT, UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., July 30 (UPI) — Four years after heading the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano announced she will depart in September. Wishing her well,

JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., March 12 (UPI) — A deadly bacteria superbug has been plaguing U.S. health facilities. The seriousness of this “nightmare bacteria” has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue an alarm. America’s best medical minds will determine how to deal with the problem. A

From James G. Zumwalt, published in Family Security Matters January 9, 2013: “Weekend at Bernie’s” was a 1989 comedy film in which two bumbling businessmen, invited by their boss to his beach home, arrive there only to find he has been murdered. Worried they will be suspected, they transport the body to various places, waving

JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., Dec. 11 (UPI) — HERNDON, Va., Dec. 11 (UPI) — The joke is told about a man asking a neighbor to check on his cat and elderly mother while he travels. Later, he called the neighbor to inquire about his cat. He was stunned when his

Published in Human Events October 4, 2010 Things have gone well for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez since taking office in 1998: He launched his domestic “Socialism in the 21st Century” program, touting the line “democracy is impossible in a capitalist system” and making significant changes to implement it. He pushed in 1999 for constitutional changes,

Published in Human Events May 3, 2010. Throughout history, the rise of a great civilization has been met with a corresponding fall. Such civilizations normally die a slow death, coming by way of “a thousand cuts” inflicted over time, as former North Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap once described his war of attrition strategy for